I'm not an engineer but I took a year of EE classes in college as a requirement for my major.
I still have nightmares about the homework from those classes. Spend three hours figuring out the amperage and voltage across each component in this system...ok, now let's change this resistor to a capacitor AND DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN!!!!
eli the ice man!
dont forget though, engineers have exceptionally tough course, arrogance 101 and condescension 101. seems to be the only class all engineers receive an A in, from my perspective.
(background) i started young as an electrician, later, went into owning my electrical business, building and development business. now, through buyouts etc, im a 'residence' position at a software company, for the AEC market. we stretch from retaining wall software to design/analysis software (structurally-20 some different programs?) and design to cad-esque-analysis on the construction/arch side.
two things-one, the amount of clients we have that are renewing with us who are well into their retirement years, essentially because of 'easy' side work and lack of laborforce, is remarkable. two, with my years from electrician (residential to industrial) to being a builder/developer (residential to light/heavy commercial) to my current position, i can say without a doubt, the plurality of engineers are glorified calculators, and i want to be very specific about that statement; they are glorified data entry technicians. (does not apply to R&D, however, it does extend to software engineers as well).
I have worked with a handful of GOOD engineers, but those GOOD engineers were in the field before they became engineers. the remainder, point out an error to them, or point out to them something that should be considered, and they will tell you all you need to know.
so, if you want to be an EE, have experience in the electrical field. electrical is all theory anyway, so theoretically, you cant ever be wrong, which is perfect situation for an engineer! (stirring the pot on this one for the EEs out there).